#Apeopleshistoryoftheunitedstates is a brief overview of what you should have learned in high school. #MythAmerica is what you should have learned your senior year. #OrdinaryMen is a cautionary example of what happens when citizens accept dogmatism & identity privilege over education & sympathy. ๐๐
Remember, it is the victors that write propaganda as history. I believe we in the U.S. have been living in a contrived illusion for a very long time. #mythamerica
Being born in suburbia post-Brown v Board & CRA64/VRA65 skewed my views about how vulnerable multiracial democracy really was. Democracy and egalitarianism were the USA 'brand.' Anyone that would want to unwind that were cartoonishly incompetent yokels dressed as cheap Halloween ghosts. #MythAmerica
Map of the Caribbean showing the pre-Columbian boundaries of the Taino nation.
Today's an ideal day to dispel stubborn colonial myths. First on the chopping block: "discovery" of a "new world".
๐จ๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ต๐: ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐' ๐๐ฎ๐
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๐ธ: Smithsonian
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Reading the book Myth America edited by Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer on a sunny morning outside.
Visiting family in Atlanta means relaxing on the porch with a new pickup from the local bookstore. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social #MythAmerica #virginiahighlandbooks